Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Payroll Week

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Keep. This decision took into account the comments made at the other 4 deletion discussions, and not just the comments made below (three of the five were kept, two were merged). Such "bundled" nominations are usually fine, as long as they are on the same page and not on separate pages. The spread-out nature of the discussion did make closing difficult, almost to the point of relisting. This decision does not prejudice further merging if that is deemed necessary by further discussion. Carcharoth (talk) 17:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The five AfDs reviewed to reach this decision were:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Payroll Association (keep)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/National Payroll Week (keep)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Certified Payroll Professional (keep)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fundamental Payroll Certification (merge)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Accounts Payable Association (merge)

National Payroll Week (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

These five articles:

• American Payroll Association
• American Accounts Payable Association
• Fundamental Payroll Certification
• Certified Payroll Professional and
• National Payroll Week

were all created in a short period of time by a single user who has contributed to no other article except for a mention to American Payroll Association in the Accounts payable article.

These articles do not cite any outside references (other than one advertisement / press release) or claim any notability of the topic, and appear serve no purpose other than to promote the umbrella organization and its activities, including its fee-based certification programs. Bongomatic (talk) 14:20, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• • Note: This AFD is for the named article only. Each of the five articles above has its own separate AFD. Stifle (talk) 11:37, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete all per WP:SPAM. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 17:07, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep while Google News shows a lot of PR Newswire sources, multiple sources seem to have picked up on it over the years. Jclemens (talk) 20:24, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I added some references and explained that the week is also celebrated in Canada. The subject now passes the general notability guideline. -- Eastmain (talk) 20:31, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep the Certified Payroll Professional as professional (certified) titles are notable & has enough (admittedly low quality) Refs to pass WP:N. Cleanup is recommended. Neutral to all others. This shows why AFD Bundling is a bad idea. Exit2DOS2000^•T•C• 00:58, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• 'Merge all into American Payroll Association. Make redirects for the others. The event is an advertisement for the association and can best be treated in the main article. DGG (talk) 01:09, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Very Weak Keep based on some of the new sourcing but, definite rewrite to remove the huge advertising nature of the article which seems to exist simply as an excuse to get people to look at the "spam" references and such. Jasynnash2 (talk) 12:18, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.